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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20171129Avista_Merger_Info_Requests_Set.pdf Page 1 of 4 144222\940056 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OREGON DOCKET NO. UM 1897 Oregon and Southern Idaho District Council of Laborers, LIUNA, Data Request No. 1 to Hydro One Limited November 3, 2017 Data Requests Employment Impacts 1-1 Provide any company guidelines, policies, and documents regarding the use of contractors. 1-2 Provide any company guidelines, policies, and documents regarding labor policies that cover the contracted out workforce. 1-3 Copies of any and all exhibits, data responses, testimonies, work-papers, or other documents; and all emails; written, typed, printed, or other tangible correspondence; memoranda; notes; meeting minutes; meeting agenda; spreadsheets; power points; drafts; audit records; or any other work paper or other communications by applicants that detail the following: • Number of contractor employees, full time equivalent positions (“FTE”), total labor hours, or any other data that details by occupation the number of contractor workers employed on maintenance, capital, reliability, or other Oregon construction projects by year from 2014 to present; • The compensation and benefits for these contractor employees by occupation; and • Number of contractor employees who have obtained the requisite certifications to work on an Oregon maintenance, capital, reliability, or other Oregon construction project, and a list of all required certifications from 2014 to present. 1-4 For historic capital investments, detail proportion of actual spending and proportion of projects performed by outside construction contractors annually from 2014 to present. Include original data and methodology to compute the amounts and percentages. 1-5 For historic capital investments, detail amounts paid to each outside construction contractor, and the scopes of work performed by each outside construction contractor from 2014 to present. Page 2 of 4 144222\940056 1-6 For projected capital investments, detail forecasted expenditures for contracted out projects and the scopes of work to be performed by outside construction contractors from 2017 to 2021. 1-7 Detail any changes to processes or systems post-merger as it relates to the procurement of contracted out construction activities being considered, evaluated, explored, or otherwise contemplated. 1-8 Detail any employment goals or commitments as it relates to contractor employees. 1-9 Provide any analysis, document, or report that details contractor employment creation or outcomes as it relates to historic and future capital investments. 1-10 Detail any contractor or procurement goals as it relates to Woman Business Enterprises and Minority Business Enterprises. 1-11 Provide any document, analysis, data, reports, or surveys used to determine occupational wage data for contractor employees and projected contract labor expenditures. 1-12 Provide copies of the last five most recent contract awards for the provision of traffic control services. Please include the Request for Proposal, technical evaluations used to qualify contractors, bid amounts and actual costs of the awarded contract, and any and all performance evaluations. 1-13 Please provide copies of any and all current Master Service Agreements between the applicants and outside contractors. Please provide a schedule of when active MSAs expire, and the timeline for securing new MSA contracts. Safety and Reliability 1-14 Provide copies of third party damage reports from 2014 to current, and any reports or root cause analyses performed on third party damages. 1-15 Provide copies of pipeline reportable incidents from 2014 to current, and any internal analyses or reports completed by applicants to reduce pipeline safety risks. 1-16 Copies of any and all exhibits, data responses, testimonies, work-papers, communications, or other documents that detail the prequalification process by which outside construction contractors are selected to bid on capital or maintenance projects. Page 3 of 4 144222\940056 1-17 Copies of any documents used to assess the qualification of construction contractors bidding on capital or maintenance projects as it relates to the contractor’s capacity to meet any and all safety, regulatory, engineering, environmental, legal, manpower, and financial requirements. 1-18 Provide a list of contractors that have met these prequalification standards for construction and maintenance projects. 1-19 Detail the process by which contractor employees obtain Operator Qualification certification. Provide copies of any documents, including training curriculum, training materials, and instructor qualification criteria used or approved by applicants. 1-20 Copies of any and all documents, policies, or guidelines as it relates to sub-contracted out services. 1-21 Detail any and all workforce safety, health, or environmental metrics employed by applicants to measure contractor performance. 1-22 Detail any historic analysis completed that compares construction performance using safety, health, environmental, timeliness, or productivity metrics on applicants’ competitively bid capital or maintenance projects. 1-23 Provide copies of the last five most recent contract awards for capital projects valued at over $1 million. Please include the Request for Proposal, technical evaluations used to qualify contractors, bid amounts and actual costs of the awarded contract, and any and all performance evaluations done by applicants after commencement of the project. 1-24 Provide documents regarding the applicability, or planned applicability, of any Heath, Safety and Environmental Management System on contracted out workforce working on maintenance, capital, reliability, or other construction projects. Workforce Development & Investment 1-25 Provide documents, including communications, reports, violations, internal audits, and corrective action plans, related to any investigation or review of contractor compliance with applicants’ Operator Qualification program. 1-26 Provide a list, timeline, and schedule of any future or active capital projects valued at over $1 million from 2017 to 2021, and any long-term planning or supportive documents. 1-27 Describe applicants’ plans to recruit, train, and retain sufficient contractor personnel to perform forecasted construction activities on capital, maintenance, and reliability projects. Page 4 of 4 144222\940056 1-28 Describe applicants’ plans to recruit, train, and retain sufficient Operator Qualified contractor employees to perform forecasted construction activities on capital, maintenance, and reliability projects. 1-29 Provide copies of any and all training programs administered by or approved by applicants for contractor employees. 1-30 Detail annual amounts spent on training for contractor employees from 2010 to present. 1-31 Provide copies of all collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other labor contracts in which Avista or its Subsidiaries are signatories. 1-32 Provide and all documents or a list of beneficiaries of Avista’s $4,000,000 in annual charitable contributions (funded by both Avista and the Avista Foundation) as stated in Appendix 8 to the Application. 1-33 Provide any and all documents showing requirements or criteria for grantees of Avista’s charitable foundation as stated in Appendix 8 to the Application. 1-34 Provide any and all documents regarding Avista’s existing levels of community involvement as stated in Appendix 8 to the Application. 1-35 Provide any and all documents describing Avista’s past practices concerning Economic Development as stated in Appendix 8 to the Application. 1-36 Provide a list of all industry trade groups and membership organizations to which Avista has paid dues within the last three years. 1-37 Provide all documents regarding standards used to determine whether Avista’s staffing and presence in communities in which Avista operates are sufficient to maintain the provision of safe and reliable services and cost- effective operations.